Sanjeev Singla | |
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| India Ambassador to Israel | |
| Assumed office October 2019 | |
Sanjeev Kumar Singla is an Indian Diplomat currently serving as India's Ambassador to Israel.
Sanjeev Singla | |
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| India Ambassador to Israel | |
| Assumed office October 2019 | |
Sanjeev Kumar Singla is an Indian Diplomat currently serving as India's Ambassador to Israel.
Singla joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1997. [1] He has served in various capacities in The Indian Missions at Paris (September 1999-December 2002), Dhaka (December 2005-December 2008) and Geneva (January 2009-August 2011). He also headquarters in Delhi in the Ministry of External Affairs on the US desk (December 2002-June 2004), as Deputy Chief of Protocol (July 2004-December 2005), and as a Director at the Foreign Secretary’s Office (August 2011-October 2013). [2]
Singla served as counsellor at the Indian embassy in Tel Aviv from November 2013 to July 2014 Tel Aviv. [3]
In July 2014 Singla was appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, replacing Vikram Misri. [4] he held the position from August 2014 until August 2019. [2] In August 2015 he was promoted to the rank of a Joint Secretary. [5]
On July 2019 Singla was chosen as Ambassador of India to Israel, [6] and he assumed office on October 2019. [3]
Sanjeev is married to K. Nandini Singla, a diplomat. [7]
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